Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39452, Fulcurd Dow, New York

SERVICE
New York
Dow, Fulcrum
NUMBER
S. 39452
CONTENTS

10.270.
Virginia
Fulcurd Dow
of Rockbridge Co. in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Courtlandt of the N. York line, for the term of the war.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of October 1820
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Oct r 1821 and sent to And t Reid, Esq r Clerk of Rockbridge Co. Court.
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1821 — 00. 79 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar: 1822 40. 00
$:136:79
74
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
1 May 1820
Rockbridge Co. Ct.

39 452
Rey INVALID.
File No. 39 452
Edward Dow
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Fulcard Dow
var Col. Courtlandt
N.Y. Regt. 1779 for the war for the War. 3 d Oct. 1820.
17-1187 Fulcard Dow Washington City Secretary War John H. Schumann Clerk Rockbridge Co. Va. Lexington, Ky. Rec d 12 o Oct. 1820
Lexington Ky Oct 12 F. Dow? Rec d 12 Oct. 1820
service admitted that the cause - where he resides, in which the service should be made, should be stated & - his circumstances recognized by the opinion of the court.
Admitted

State of Virginia
Rockbridge County to wit
On this 3 rd day of October 1820 personally appeared Fulwird Dow aged about sixty years; in open Court being a Court of record for the said County, which proceeds according to the Course of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings & having the power of fine & imprisonment; and the said Fulwird Dow being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the 1 st of May 1820, that he the said Fulwird Dow in the spring of the year 1777 enlisted at Fort Montgomery in the State of New York as a private soldier for the term of the war in the Company commanded by Capt m James Stuart in the 5 th New York Regiment Commanded by Col o Dubois on Continental establishment that sometime afterwards the New York Regiments were reduced in number & that he was then enrolled in the 2 nd New York Regiment Commanded by Col o Courtland & fell into Capt m Dubois Company that he continued to serve in s d last mentioned Regiment until the end of the war when he was discharged at a Camp near Newburg in the State of New York, that the only proof he can obtain hereof of his said Services is the affidavit of James Rankin which accompanies this declaration. And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st May, 1820, he solemnly Swears that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that he has not since that time by gift, sale, or in any other manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities contract or debts due to him, nor has he any income or estate whatever. He also solemnly swears, that the only occupation he has is at

of a Labourer & that by reason of his age & infirmities he is unable to gain a support by his labour: he has no wife she being dead and but one child living with him viz Henry Dow aged 13 years; Schedule of the estate of the said Fulcurd Dow.
I have no property of any description except my wearing apparel
Fulcurd his Dow mark
I Andrew Reid clerk of Rockbridge county court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal at Lexington in said county the 4 th day of October in the year 1820 and in the 45 th year of the Commonwealth
Andrew Reid
At Rockbridge county court the 30 th day of April 1821
On the motion of Fulcurd Dow it is ordered to be certified to the war department that he is a resident citizen of the County of Rockbridge that he is a man in indigent circumstances and that a schedule of his property made in a declaration on the third of October 1820 is correctly stated
Teste
J w Reid C o R c

Mr. Edwards - Fulcrum Dow
Lexington Ky 3rd May 1821
Andrew Reid Agt. Lexington, Ky
Recd 7 May 1821. New York line Colt Courtland Spring 777 - war
Correct by Rev. John C. Calhoun Secretary War Washington City
1821
1821